#BCAE3B#BCAE3B

#BCAE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.133 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE3B
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -8.31, 58.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 58.75, 98.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0284 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.133 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6661, 41.2808, 10.1734)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE3B #3B49BC

analogous

#BC6D3B #BCAE3B #89BC3B

triadic

#BCAE3B #3BBCAE #AE3BBC

tetradic

#BCAE3B #3BBC6D #3B49BC #BC3B89

square

#BCAE3B #3BBC6D #3B49BC #BC3B89

split-complementary

#BCAE3B #3B89BC #6D3BBC

monochromatic

#5F581E #8D832C #BCAE3B #CFC365 #DDD594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCAE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BCAE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE3B

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE3B	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA92B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.133 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c578',
    500: '#bcae3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae3b;
$custom-light: #d4c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.488,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74175,
    "c": 0.13328,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE3B

secondary

#8A91C9

accent

#5CDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE3B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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